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The defining moment of Mei Len Sanchez-Barr’s life occurred on a moonlit beach in Costa Rica when she was about 8 years old. She and her sisters had been brought to the beach by their uncle, who was a sea turtle egg poacher. “It’s part of the culture there. People take the sea turtle eggs and eat them,” explains Sanchez-Barr, who grew up in the Central American country. As she watched, a sea turtle crawled up onto the beach and laid her eggs. The poachers caught the eggs in a plastic bag before they even hit the sand. The young Sanchez-Barr watched with amazement and conflicting feelings. “I fell in love right then and there. I thought, wow, this creature is...

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The defining moment of Mei Len Sanchez-Barr’s life occurred on a moonlit beach in Costa Rica when she was about 8 years old. She and her sisters had been brought to the beach by their uncle, who was a sea turtle egg poacher. “It’s part of the culture...

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What’s on tap: Colombia vs. Ivory Coast,...

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Men's soccer
U.S. could play in Gold Cup here
M&T Bank Stadium will host CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals July 21 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., and one of them could include the United States.
The U.S. team will play Belize, Costa Rica and Cuba in the group...

There's no one with stronger humanitarian impulses on the Dulaney cross country and track teams than junior Isabel Griffith.
Last year, the Towson Times Athlete of the Year gathered 60 pairs of old running shoes from her Lion teammates and, along with...

CONCACAF general secretary Enrique Sanz said Wednesday that despite a low number of advanced ticket sales for Sunday's Gold Cup quarterfinals at M&T Bank Stadium, he expects the number of tickets to spike dramatically now that local soccer fans know...

An audacious Internet gambling mogul long sought by authorities has been indicted in Baltimore, capping an investigation thatspanned nearly a decade and several countries and comes amid a recent crackdown on the popular poker and gambling...

Dulaney junior Isabel Griffith grew up playing soccer, basketball and lacrosse, and when she entered high school three years ago, she figured she would continue with all of them.But right before her freshman year, a neighbor on the Lions' cross country...

Bravo named tonight’s episode “Scream Therapy,” but there isn’t much screaming and there is only a tiny bit of therapy. But there is ‘unloading,’ some non-sequiturs disguised as logical conclusions, and despite all of that, two of the Housewives earn my...

The ladies are back in Orange County tonight, all in various stages of recovery from their trip to Costa Rica.
For her part, Vicki is content to forget all about it and move on to making life in the O.C. more tolerable for herself and her man. In her...

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And then there were four. Brooke, Sheldon, Josh and Lizzie disembark from the Celebrity Cruise ship in Juneau, Alaska. They are all thrilled to be there, though Sheldon’s Hawaiian faculties are not accustomed to the climate: “I better throw on a couple...

A look at the two World Cup quarterfinal games scheduled for Saturday in Brazil.
ARGENTINA VS. BELGIUM
Where: Brasilia. Time: 9 a.m. PDT.
TV: ABC, Univision.
The buzz: Lionel Messi will make his 91st appearance for the Argentine national team in...